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48 results for monotone solver

Optimizes neural networks with blackbox solvers using Time-cost Regularization.

problem Improving neural network performance by integrating efficient solvers for complex problems.
method Optimizes both the primary loss function and the performance of the blackbox solver using Time-cost Regularization. Introduces a hyper-blackbox concept to learn blackbox parameters.
result Significant improvement in neural network performance through optimization of blackbox solvers.

Study analyzes 3,171 stocks to pick efficient portfolios using quantum and classical solvers.

problem Creating efficient stock portfolios from a large dataset.
method Used classical and quantum solvers to optimize portfolios of 3,171 US stocks.
result Demonstrated the effectiveness of quantum and classical solvers in portfolio optimization.

The paper speeds up hyperparameter optimisation in Gaussian processes.

problem Scaling hyperparameter optimisation to large datasets.
method Improvements to linear system solvers (pathwise gradient, warm starting, early stopping).
result Speed-ups of up to 72x and residual norm decreases of up to 7x.

CRA improves UL-based CO solvers by dynamically smoothing and enforcing discreteness.

problem Local optima and artificial rounding issues in UL-based CO solvers.
method Continuous Relaxation Annealing (CRA) strategy that dynamically shifts from continuous to discrete solutions.
result Significantly enhances UL-based CO solver performance and eliminates artificial rounding.

Study compares 5 ODE solvers on 3 case studies, finding varying accuracy.

problem Comparing estimation accuracy of 5 ODE solvers on 3 case studies.
method Used 5 different numerical ODE solvers (Euler's, Heun's, Midpoint, Runge-Kutta 4th order, ODE45) on 3 case studies and compared their results.
result Different solvers have varying accuracy depending on the case study.

A new method combines classical and machine learning PDE solvers efficiently.

problem Combining classical and machine learning PDE solvers to reduce computational cost and improve accuracy.
method Proposes an approximate greedy router to select solvers at each iteration, mimicking a greedy approach.
result Consistently reduces final error and AUC of the error trajectory compared to single-solver baselines and hybrid approaches.

SA-Solver improves stochastic sampling from DPMs.

problem Efficient sampling from Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DPMs) is time-consuming.
method Proposes SA-Solver, an improved stochastic Adams method for solving diffusion SDE.
result SA-Solver achieves improved or comparable performance compared to SOTA methods for few-step sampling.

Although optimization is the longstanding algorithmic backbone of machine learning, new models still require the time-consuming implementation of new solvers. As a result, there are thousands of implementations of optimization algorithms for machine learning problems. A natural question is, if it is always necessary to…

2019-05-31abs ↗pdf ↗

New taxonomy and improved solvers for discrete energy minimization.

problem Maximum-a-posteriori inference in discrete graphical models.
method Dual block-coordinate ascent rule, theoretical analysis, new solver variants.
result Improved state-of-the-art solver outperforming existing methods on all test instances.

MIP-GNN uses graph neural networks to predict variable biases for MIP solvers.

problem Improving combinatorial optimization through data-driven insights.
method Encoding MILP interactions as graphs, training a graph neural network to predict variable biases, and guiding the MIP solver with these predictions.
result Significant improvements in solving binary MILPs compared to default settings of state-of-the-art solvers.

The paper improves ODE solvers by integrating diverse information types.

problem Improving accuracy and physical meaningfulness of ODE solutions.
method Leveraging probabilistic solvers to include second-order information and physical conservation laws.
result Solutions become more accurate and physically meaningful with additional information.

DPM-Solver speeds up DPM sampling to 10-20 function evaluations.

problem Slow sampling from Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DPMs).
method Exact formulation of diffusion ODE solutions, using change-of-variable and exponentially weighted integral.
result Generates high-quality samples in 10-20 function evaluations.

Parallel-in-time solver reduces ODE simulation time from linear to logarithmic.

problem Efficiently solving ordinary differential equations (ODEs) with reduced computational cost.
method Formulated a parallel-in-time probabilistic numerical ODE solver using time-parallel formulation of iterated extended Kalman smoothers.
result Reduces span cost from linear to logarithmic in the number of time steps.

ML4CO uses machine learning to improve combinatorial optimization solvers.

problem Solving combinatorial problems in practice often involves related data distributions.
method Replacing heuristic components with machine learning approaches.
result Improved state-of-the-art combinatorial optimization solvers.

New ODE solvers improve training efficiency and accuracy.

problem Training Neural ODEs requires efficient and accurate gradient calculation.
method Presented algebraically reversible ODE solvers that are time and memory efficient, calculate exact gradients, and are numerically stable.
result Reversible solvers strictly improve upon previous architectures in efficiency and accuracy.

Partial differential equations (PDEs) are widely used across the physical and computational sciences. Decades of research and engineering went into designing fast iterative solution methods. Existing solvers are general purpose, but may be sub-optimal for specific classes of problems. In contrast to existing hand-craft…

2019-06-04abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper presents an acceleration framework for packing linear programming problems where the amount of data available is limited, i.e., where the number of constraints m is small compared to the variable dimension n. The framework can be used as a black box to speed up linear programming solvers dramatically, by two…

2017-11-17abs ↗pdf ↗

skscope simplifies sparsity-constrained optimization in Python.

problem Tedious mathematical deduction and programming for sparsity-constrained optimization.
method Introduces skscope, a Python library that allows users to solve sparsity-constrained optimization problems by just programming the objective function.
result skscope enables state-of-the-art solvers to quickly attain sparse solutions in high-dimensional spaces, achieving up to 80x speedup.

This work introduces a new loss function to improve the efficiency of optimization-based PDE solvers.

problem Optimization-based PDE solvers converge slowly and are inefficient compared to classical iterative solvers.
method Proposes a novel Stabilized Gradient Residual (SGR) loss function to modulate the condition number.
result The SGR loss achieves orders-of-magnitude faster convergence than the MSE loss in both ODIL and PINNs frameworks.

New framework for probabilistic linear solvers reduces manual effort.

problem Manual implementation of probabilistic iterative methods is laborious.
method Affine Tracing: Automatically constructs PIMs from standard implementations.
result Any realistic affine PIM is calibrated, motivating their adoption.

Study evaluates Deep PDE solvers for high-dimensional option pricing, identifying key sources of error.

problem Empirical study on error analysis of Deep PDE solvers for high-dimensional option pricing.
method Comparative experiments with Deep BSDE method and other solvers, identifying three main sources of error.
result Deep BSDE method is superior and robust to option specifications, improving with larger batch sizes and fewer time steps.

The paper addresses monotonicity in machine learning models for fairness and accountability.

problem Ensuring fairness and accountability in transparent machine learning models.
method Study of three types of monotonicity (individual, weak pairwise, strong pairwise) and propose monotonic groves of neural additive models.
result Monotonic groves of neural additive models maintain transparency, accountability, and fairness.

Leveraging on the convexity of the Lasso problem , screening rules help in accelerating solvers by discarding irrelevant variables, during the optimization process. However, because they provide better theoretical guarantees in identifying relevant variables, several non-convex regularizers for the Lasso have been prop…

2019-02-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Calibrated probabilistic solvers improve accuracy of ODE estimates.

problem Uncertainty in probabilistic ODE solutions is not well-calibrated for adaptive step sizes.
method Introduce and assess several calibration methods for probabilistic ODE solvers.
result Calibration methods interact efficiently with adaptive step-size selection, improving posteriors.

New method combines QQA and gradient-based sampling for combinatorial optimization.

problem Scalability challenges in learning-based solvers for combinatorial optimization.
method Integrates gradient-based update through continuous relaxation with Quasi-Quantum Annealing (QQA) and parallel communication.
result Achieves superior speed-quality trade-offs for large-scale instances.

GENOT matches cells across data modalities using neural OT solvers.

problem Scalability, privacy, and out-of-sample estimation issues in traditional OT solvers.
method Learn stochastic maps, parameterize OT maps, relax mass conservation, integrate quadratic solvers.
result Demonstrates significant potential for enhancing therapeutic strategies.

We propose a fast, simple and robust algorithm for computing shortest paths and distances on Riemannian manifolds learned from data. This amounts to solving a system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) subject to boundary conditions. Here standard solvers perform poorly because they require well-behaved Jacobians…

2019-01-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Probit Monotone BART estimates binary outcomes using monotonic functions.

problem Estimating conditional mean functions for binary outcomes with monotonicity constraints.
method Proposes a new BART variant that incorporates monotonicity constraints for binary outcomes.
result Allows for more precise estimation of monotonic functions in binary outcome models.

Monotone neural networks can approximate and interpolate functions efficiently.

problem Understanding the efficiency and expressiveness of monotone neural networks.
method Solving the monotone interpolation problem using depth-4 networks and comparing size bounds with arbitrary networks.
result Monotone neural networks can approximate and interpolate functions efficiently, but may require exponential size in high dimensions.